Are there any English speaking EU countries? Until the 1990s, French was the dominant language of the EU. But new countries continued to...

Sandwiches and silhouettes – famous eponyms are everywhere An eponym is a word that is derived from the proper name of a real or...

Prophetic names – the wonderful world of aptronyms Personal names can be so damn funny, can’t they? It’s impossible not to laugh when you...

Is it wrong to pull out all the glottal stops? People will always be judged by the way they speak. In Britain, the language police are...

Iconic Mountains: What’s in a Name? We have previously discussed how English has progressively become the world’s lingua franca. The use...

Do English people speak too quickly? Any language can sound as if it is being spoken with indecent haste when you don’t understand it....

English grammar: common areas of confusion English is a complex language with inconsistent grammar. It is inevitable that mistakes happen...

An exploration of colourful English Usually, the English phrase “colourful language” would be used to describe an outburst in which...

Proofreading Japanese: Why it’s Essential In everything from instruction manuals to marketing copy, proofreading is essential to identify...

Malapropisms: How people sometimes choose the wrong birds A malapropism is the incorrect and often humorous use of a word instead of...

An English conundrum – that or which? 日本語はこちらをクリックしてください Table of contents An English conundrum – that or which? Defining clauses...

The worstest English in the Twittersphere My English teacher exhibited a pathological hatred of both bad grammar and the use of slang. A...

Is multilingual social media for you? Increasingly, people turn to social media platforms to learn about different cultures, cuisines,...